Tobacco-box



(No Model.)

J. M. BROSIUS.

' TOBACCO BOX.

No. 407,635. Patented July 23, 1889.

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N, PETERS. PhnloJ-jl nphur Wllhm D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. BROSIUS, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

TOBACCO-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,635, dated July 23,1889.

Application filed April 19 1889. Serial No. 307,857. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN M. BROSIUS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Tobacco-Boxes; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to packing-boxes, having more particularlyreference to the class of packing-boxes used in packing tobacco.

The object of this invention is to render unnecessary the use ofexpensive material in the construction of tobacco-boxes, and to make abox which is obviously superior to those constructed of expensivematerial, and one that will be impossible to be tampered with, if sodesired,without detectionavhich would be advantageous in the storing ortransportation of specie, bullion, or articles of like value.

- Theinvention consists of a novel lining for a box and, if necessary,of so joining the separate parts thereof as to render them practicallyof one piece.

The details whereby I am enabled to accomplish my object are shown inthe accompanying drawings, and hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the box-body withoutthe ends, showing the manner of constructing the same. Fig. 2 is acentral longitudinal section through a box, showin manner ofconstructing the ends or heads. Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing thecorner of the box and illustrating the effect ofdriving a nail throughthe lining. Fig. 4 shows a metal blank forcovering the ends of the box.Fig. 5 is asection of a corner of the box, showing a soldered joint andother details.

In the figures, like reference-marks indicating corresponding parts inthe several views, A is the box; B, the sides thereof; 0, the end; and Dthe liners or strips commonly used in fastening the heads or ends C inthe box,

which are necessary in the ordinary construction of tobacco-boxes, butwhich may be dispensed with in the case of my construction being used.The lining E maybe of any noncorrodible material, and is arranged asherein after described.

The device is constructed as shown in Fig. 1that is, having each sidelap over the succeeding or preceding one in the course, as this allowsof the manner of lining shown, in which two edges of said lining areexposed on the outside of the box at each joint. This lining is spreadover the face of one of its sides and extends over the edge to which thenext side is to be nailed. As thelining passes through the joint betweenthe edge and side of the side pieces, a nail may be driven through thesetwo linings in nailing up the box,which produces in its passage throughsaid linings the burrs e, which, by indenting the wood, obviouslyaddsstrength to the structure and enables the box to be made of lightsoft wood, thus reducing the first cost of material and the expense ofworking the material previous to construction, and necessarily the costof the box. The lining passing through the joint and presenting theedges of the two adjacent sides of said lining together through saidopening also enables these edges to be soldered together, as shown inFig. 5, and, as also shown in that figure, the solder F maybe pouredthrough the space between the two sides of the lining, a tinned nail Gdriven through the side of the box and the linings before soldering,producing the burr e, as hereinbefore mentioned, and the solder beingpoured into the crack comes in contact with the tinned surface of thenail and adheres thereto, thus rendering it impossible to withdraw saidnail without destroying the box, which will be of particular advantagein specie-boxes and others of like character. This lining, rendering thesides of the box impervious to moisture and adding strength, asdescribed, makes it absolutely immaterial whether the box is constructedof hard or soft wood, and also renders it impossible for the dampness ofthe contents of the box to cause such contents to absorb any odor ortaste from the wood composing the box or for dampness to enter from theexterior.

Having thus described my invention, What the solder F, poured into thespace between 10 I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letsaid liningsE, substantially as and for the ters Patent of the United States, ispurpose set forth.

In a tobacco-box, the combination of the In testimony whereof I hereuntoaliix. my 5 end pieces with the side pieces B, having signature inpresence of two Witnesses.

thereon the lining-pieces E, covering one face JOHN M. BROSIUS. and oneedge placed adjacent to each other, \Vitnesscs: the tinned nails G,driven through said adja- A. P. \VOOD,

cent sections of the lining, forming burrs, and NED P. 00D.

